While we are at camp we will be in some native bush and we are going to do some observational drawings. We will also take photos of our natural surroundings. On our return from camp we are going to do a very cool piece of art work related to what we saw at camp.
We are going to start looking at it even before we go.
Here is a template you will use to do your first sketches and practice with pastels. You will need two of these
The different techniques we will use with our pastels are
Smudging
Scraping
Highlighting
colour mixing
This is a finished piece of artwork, which has been completed using observations and creativity. See how some of the plants overlap the border. Very effective.
Here is a web site of a New Zealand artist who does similar art work but incorporates landscape.
We are going to start looking at it even before we go.
Here is a template you will use to do your first sketches and practice with pastels. You will need two of these
The different techniques we will use with our pastels are
Here is a web site of a New Zealand artist who does similar art work but incorporates landscape.
Nancy Frazer's Gallery